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Stephen Longstrath letters

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 755
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten letters. One of the letters is addressed to "Sarah" and two of the items are addressed to Willard Richards, an apostle in the Mormon Church. Longstrath writes about family matters, his work, and the condition of the Mormons in Nauvoo, Illinois.

Dates: 1846

Wilson Lund family history

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3125
Dates: 1953

Albert R. Lyman histories

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1371
Scope and Contents

Typewritten family histories. Lyman writes about the Edward Patridge and Lucretia Hancock Robinson families. These families were early converts to the Mormon Church. They suffered persecutions, lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, came to Utah, and settled in Fillmore, Utah.

Dates: 1952

W. P. Lyon receipt

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 635
Scope and Contents

Handwritten receipt signed in Nauvoo, Illinois for payment of a note against Aaron Holder. Also includes photographs of present day restored Lyon drugstore in Nauvoo.

Dates: 1842

Wandle Mace autobiography

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 786
Scope and Contents Contains the handwritten autobiography of Wandle Mace. Account includes information about Mace's youth in New York City; joining the Mormon Church in the 1830s; moving to Illinois; helping build the Nauvoo Temple; service in the Nauvoo Legion; and, fighting in the Battle of Nauvoo in 1846. Also includes accounts of living in Iowa for over a decade prior to making their way west to Utah; traveling to Utah in a wagon train in 1859; moving to Southern Utah and settling in Kanab; and all major...
Dates: 1890

Eliza Clayton Margetts reminiscence

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1105
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten reminiscence. Margetts writes about her life in Carthage and Nauvoo, Illinois. She describes the events surrounding the murder of the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith. She also mentions events in Nauvoo, Illinois, when the Mormons were ejected from that town. She also witnessed the "miracle of the quales." The date of the composition of the item is uncertain.

Dates: 1870

William Martin papers

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1049
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten and printed notes and certificates. The notes relate to the significant dates in Martin's life, and the certificates state that Martin is a member of the Mormon Church in good standing. One was signed by the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith (1805-1844).

Dates: 1844

Biography of Alexander Melville

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3314
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten autobiography. Melville was born in Scotland in 1821, worked on a ship that hunted whales, lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, and migrated to Utah in 1852. He lived in Provo, Utah, campaigned against Utah Indians in 1853, and settled in Fillmore, Utah. He died in 1911.

Dates: 1900

A memorial

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 326
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed family history and autobiography. Tanner writes about her family joining the Mormon Church, its migration to Nauvoo, Illinois, and its eventual arrival in Utah. She also mentions her marriage in a polygamous relationship and her life in Payson, Utah.

Dates: 1880

Biographical sketch of the life of John Mercer

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3315
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Mercer was born in England in 1818, he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois, and later to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1848. He settled in American Fork, Utah, and died in 1860.

Dates: 1930

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Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844 51
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 24
Utah Expedition (1857-1858) 15
Illinois. Circuit Court (Hancock Co.) 7
Illinois. Militia. Nauvoo Legion 6
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Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844 6
Young, Brigham, 1801-1877 6
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Smith, Emma Hale 5
Wells, Daniel H. (Daniel Hanmer), 1814-1891 5
Foster, Robert D. 4
Jones, Edith Boley, 1892-1973 4
United States. Army. Mormon Battalion 4
Zion's Camp (Expedition) (1834) 4
Davis, Amos, Jr., 1811-1877 3
Illinois. Militia 3
Murdock, John, 1792-1871 3
Babbitt, Almon W. (Almon Whiting), 1813-1856 2
Backenstos, Jacob B. (Jacob Benjamin), 1811-1857 2
Bennett, John Cook, 1804-1867 2
Cabet, Etienne, 1788-1856 2
Carlin, Thomas, 1789-1852 2
Church of Jesus Christ (Strangites) 2
Clayton, William, 1814-1879 2
Crosby, Jonathan 2
Duke, Jonathan Oldham, 1807-1868 2
Greenwood, William, 1822-1891 2
Hancock County (Ill.) 2
Hunter, Thomas J. 2
Johnson, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1905 2
Kimball, Hiram S., 1806-1863 2
Leany, William, 1815-1891 2
Mack, Temperance Bond, 1771-1850 2
Post, Warren, 1811-1875 2
Richards, Samuel W. (Samuel Whitney), 1824-1909 2
Richards, Willard, 1804-1854 2
Rigdon, Sidney, 1793-1876 2
Shelley, Sarah Ann Steele, 1863-1953 2
Sloan, James, 1792- 2
Smith, Joseph, III, 1832-1914 2
Smith, William, 1811-1893 2
Strang, James Jesse, 1813-1856 2
Utah. Militia 2
Adams, Arza, 1804-1889 1
Adams, James, 1783-1843 1
Adams, William, 1822-1901 1
Allen, Andrew Jackson, 1818-1884 1
Alley family 1
Alley, George, 1792-1859 1
Alley, Mary Symonds, 1796-1880 1
Alley, Stephen Webb 1
Allred family 1
Allred, James, 1784-1876 1
Allred, William Moore, 1819-1901 1
Alston, Joseph, 1821-1891 1
Alston, Louisa Grant 1
Babbitt, Loren, 1806-1883 1
Badger, Louisa Adeline Noble 1
Beamon, G. C. 1
Bedell, Edward A. 1
Bennett, Moana B. 1
Bennion, John E. 1
Bernhisel, John M. (John Milton), 1799-1881 1
Bidamon, Lewis C. (Lewis Crum), -1891 1
Bigler, Jacob G., 1813-1907 1
Bliss, Aaron Tyler, 1946- 1
Bliss, Orley Dwight, 1839-1930 1
Blum, Carl J. 1
Blum, Ida 1
Boggs, Lillburn W., 1792-1860 1
Boley, Barbara Hart, 1793- 1
Boley, Henry Hart 1
Boley, Henry, 1795- 1
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Bourne, John 1
Bowers, Daniel 1
Bradford family 1
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Call, Anson Vasco, 1834-1867 1
Cannon, George, 1794-1844 1
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Cazier, David 1
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Colborn, Thomas 1
Cole, H. H., active 1846 1
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Coray, Howard, 1817-1908 1
Coray, Howard, 1842-1928 1
Coray, Martha, 1821 or 1822-1881 1
Council of the Twelve Apostles (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) 1
Crooks, Agnes Gillispie 1
Crooks, Thomas 1
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